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  What are the roots of the current divisiveness of American politics/discourse? (search mode)
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Question: Select all that apply
#1
Lingering effects of Great Recession/Economic Inequality
 
#2
America is an empire in a post-imperial world - our large and diverse country naturally lends itself to increased division
 
#3
The government has become complacent as neither party has faced a true existential threat in decades
 
#4
The media is incentivized to promote conflict and sensationalism
 
#5
People feel less agency over the decisions made by government due to increased influence of pan-national organizations like the UN and WTO
 
#6
White men threatened by the rise of women and minorities
 
#7
Lack of a common existential threat - USSR, Nazis, Al-Qaeda
 
#8
A general moral decay, due to increasing irreligiosity and secularism
 
#9
Foreign powers have nurtured divisions between Americans to weaken the nation on the international stage
 
#10
Social media has strengthened the "bubbles" we live in, by showing us hundreds of people who agree with us and little else
 
#11
Other (explain)
 
#12
Americans are divided, but that's a good thing and reflects a strong democracy
 
#13
America is not any more divided now than it has been in the recent past, it just feels that way
 
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Sir Mohamed
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« on: June 19, 2017, 09:17:14 AM »

this all why the far left called bush

-illegitimate
-war criminal
- a dictator
- somebody who is a threat to American democracy
- called him racist


All of these were so outrageous that DU , TYT , all the far left commentators should apologize for using such malicious lies against Dubya


so anybody from the far left willing to apologize for this

For what?  Those are pretty standard lines used against any President.


Calling someone a war criminal you think is not outrageously bad .

W may not classified a war-criminal, but his foreign policy decisions, especially the invasion of Iraq, was a complete disaster. He and his neocon administration lied the heck out of it and made stuff up to legitimate a war. Not to mention torture and all the stuff that ruined our standing in vast parts of the world. For sure, Saddam was a horrible dictator, but terrorism and ISIS are even worse. It's mostly the fault of Bush Administration, although I acknowledge that the end result was not W's intent. But they are the result of wrong decisions made by this administration. The other points on W are garbage, he's neither a racist nor was he a dictator, though his 2000 victory is at least questionable.

But if we're talking about hate for a president, we should also talk about the far-right and Tea Partiers and their bigotry and hatred for Obama. They floated the stupid idea that he was born in Kenya, that he's a muslim etc. They did everything to damage this president, mostly due to racism. They hate him more than they love America. For sure, Obama is not perfect and he made some mistakes. But what the Tea Party did with Obama is a disgrace- and shameful.
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